Survey of Bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and Culex mosquitoes in the western Brazilian Amazon region: implications for transmission and control

Survey of Bancroftian filariasis infection in humans and Culex mosquitoes in the western Brazilian Amazon region: implications for transmission and control

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Introduction The aim of this work was to identify possible lymphatic filariasis foci in the western Brazilian Amazonian that could be established from the reports of Rachou in the 1950s. The study was conducted in three cities of the western Brazilian Amazon region - Porto Velho and Guajará...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo Luís Korte, Gilberto Fontes, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Eliana Maria Maurício da Rocha, Edicarlos André Cavalcante de Araújo, Marcelo Zagonel de Oliveira, Rafael Vital dos Santos, Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Lymphatic filariasis
Bancroftian filariasis
Amazon Region
Wuchereria bancrofti
Culex quinquefasciatus
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200214

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